How VMLY&R is coming together, and who's not included | Confrontation at WPP China offices | VCCP launches in Asia

Plus: The store of future isn't about fancy toys like interactive mirrors | Volvo + action star + heavy machinery formula fails

View in web browser   Thursday, 25 October, 2018 VMLY&R reorganisation taking shape in Asia Robert Sawatzky Former Y&R leaders Chris Foster and Andrea Conyard will not be part of the newly merged agency.   Confrontation at WPP China offices caught on video Jenny Chan 陳詠欣 A public altercation yesterday at the WPP Campus in Shanghai, apparently over a payment issue involving GroupM, has been escalated to the local police.   VCCP launches in Asia Faaez Samadi Communications agency sets up shop in Singapore.     JWT names Greater China strategy officer Joyce Ling joins JWT from McCann. Read about this and more of the week's people moves and business wins.   Use tech to fix the back of the store Faaez Samadi Too many retailers are drawn to the shiny side of technological possibility when they talk about 'the store of the future', said panellists at FUTR Asia.   Editor's Picks Dolph Lundgren, you're no Jean Claude van Damme Ad Nut And this trying-too-hard Volvo video is as bad as, well, a Dolph Lundgren movie.   40 Under 40: Bea Atienza of Dentsu Aegis Network Read about Bea Atienza and the 39 other impressive members of our 2018 list.   PMI focuses on design to power new phase for Iqos brand David Blecken Health claims stand alongside talk of beauty and "harmonious texture" at a global product launch in Tokyo.   Getting Asian SMEs on board with Facebook video ads Faaez Samadi It's about having easy, 'lightweight' video for direct-response advertisers, many of which are SMEs, says May Seow of Facebook's APAC Creative Shop.   Events China Innovation Summit 2018 Nov 1, 2018 Guangzhou   Re.Con Thailand Nov 13, 2018 Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit

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